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Precious Uzoaru Dede (born 18 January 1980) is a Nigerian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She formerly played for several clubs including Delta Queens FC, Ibom Queens and Arna-Bjørnar, as well as appearing 99 times for the Nigeria women's national football team.

Precious Dede

Personal information
Full name	Precious Uzoaru Dede[1]
Date of birth	(1980-01-18) 18 January 1980 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Ibom Queens
2009	Arna-Bjørnar	16	(0)
2010–??	Delta Queens
	Ibom Queens
International career‡
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–2016	Nigeria	99[2]	(0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:46, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Club career

On 30 March 2009 Dede signed a one-year contract to play for Arna-Bjørnar in Bergen, Norway. She had been brought in following an injury to fellow goalkeeper Erika Skarbø.[3]

International career

Dede has been in many Nigerian squads over the years, including the Women's World Cup tournaments of 2003, 2007, 2011,[4] 2015, the Olympic tournaments of Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008,[5] and the African Women's Championship tournaments of 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014, winning it twice (2010, 2014).[6]

Retirement

She had initially considered retiring from international football following the 2014 African Women's Championship, but was convinced to continue playing through the 2015 World Cup. Following the tournament, she announced her retirement in March 2016, having played 99 games for the senior national team.[7] At the time of her retirement, she had been the longest serving player for the squad, and had recently been dropped from the team for the qualification tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

She decided to fully retire from professional football in October that year, saying "I cherish the opportunity to play at club level and represent my country, it was a dream come true. I am very grateful to have spent over a decade in female football, I owe so much to the best game in the world."[8]

Honours

International

Nigeria

• African Women's Championship (2): 2010, 2014

References

External links

• Precious Dede – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Precious Dede at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Precious Dede

Precious Uzoaru Dede (* 18. Januar 1980 in Aba) ist eine ehemalige nigerianische Fußballspielerin, heutige -trainerin und Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Precious Dede

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[fr] Precious Dede

Precious Uzoaru Dede, née le 18 janvier 1980 à Aba, est une joueuse de football nigériane évoluant au poste de gardienne de but. Elle a joué en particulier pour les clubs de Delta Queens Football Club et du Arna-Bjørnar en Norvège[1]. Elle compte 99 apparitions en équipe nationale, avec laquelle elle remporte deux fois la Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine, en 2010 et en 2014.

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[it] Precious Dede

Precious Dede (18 gennaio 1980) è un'ex calciatrice nigeriana, per oltre un decennio portiere della Nazionale nigeriana.

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